Back in the day Louis Rukeyser hosted a PBS program called Wall Street Week each Friday evening. It was an end of the week ritual watching it for me. Louis Rukeyser He’d open with a commentary on the follies and foibles of the previous market week and then turn to a rotating panel of three Wall… [Continue Reading]
Stocks Part XIV: Deflation, the Ugly Escort of Depressions
In Part XII: Bonds, reader Chronicrants commented: “I’d love to see more on deflation. I’ve always been confused about it and about it’s consequences. It seems like it would be a good thing, and yet….” Great point, and what better topic, I thought, for number 13 in this series! Unfortunately, I forgot that was my… [Continue Reading]
How I learned to stop worrying about the Fiscal Cliff and you can too.
You can’t turn on the TV or radio or pick up a newspaper these days without being confronted with scary talk about the Fiscal Cliff and the doom that awaits us should we hurdle over it into the abyss. This is (mostly) a financial blog. I intentionally avoid politics, primarily because that subject turns so… [Continue Reading]
So, what does a month in Ecuador cost anyway?
$3636.35 That title question was posed by a blog reader and, since I obsessively track expenses anyway and my guess is if you’re a reader of jlcollinsnh you’d be curious, it suggested a fun and easy post topic. Since I was actually there only 27 days, that’s $134.83 per day. But you could do it… [Continue Reading]
The Podcast: You can hear me now.
A few weeks back a guy calling himself The Mad Fientist showed up in the comments section here on jlcollinsnh. He started by linking back to my post. As if the name alone wasn’t enough, that got me poking around, and enjoying, his site. One of the cool things he does is podcast conversations with other… [Continue Reading]
The Smoother Path to Wealth
Update by JL: It’s fun for me, and I hope for you too, to read these posts from a decade ago. Mostly it shows how well the principles in them stand the test of time. But some minor things change or make me reconsider. There are two in this one. First, the money market… [Continue Reading]
Case Study #I: Putting the Simple Path to Wealth into Action
Update by JL’s Team This year is the 12th anniversary of the blog, and to celebrate we’re highlighting some of the most loved posts of all time. If you’re just beginning your journey to financial independence, or if you’re 20 years in, this one is a must read. In it JL lays out the fundamentals… [Continue Reading]
I could not have said it better myself…
“If you reach for a star, you might not get one. But you won’t come up with a hand full of mud either” — Leo Burnett “Never be haughty to the humble. Never be humble to the haughty.” — Jefferson Davis “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying… [Continue Reading]
Happy Birthday, jlcollinsnh; and thanks for the gift Mr. MM!
In 1974 my dad died. I was 23. (Didn’t expect the Happy Birthday post to begin there, I’ll bet!) He never had much interest in kids so our relationship didn’t really begin to develop until I was in college and could relate to him as an adult. Of course, by then I had my own… [Continue Reading]
Mr. Money Mustache
A few weeks ago I received a private email from Mr. Money Mustache. He runs one of my very favorite blogs. Indeed, I have often thought that if I had had access to such wisdom at the start of my financial journey I’d have gotten far further far faster. But, alas, when I started the… [Continue Reading]
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